Medium [CVE-2026-68417] Linux kernel RDMA/siw: Uninitialized Queue Pair access
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-68417 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: publish QP after initialization siw_create_qp() currently calls siw_qp_add() before the queues, CQ pointers, state, completion, and device list entry are ready. A QPN lookup can therefore reach a QP that is still being constructed.
The `siw_create_qp()` function prematurely publishes a Queue Pair (QP) before its complete initialization. This allows a Queue Pair Number (QPN) lookup to access a QP that is still under construction, potentially leading to unexpected behavior or system instability.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H). Weakness: CWE-908.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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